Kathy Hilton is a proud mother, philanthropist, and fashion designer. When Kathy was 15, she met real estate mogul Rick Hilton. Four years later, they married and have been inseparable ever since. They have four children and several gorgeous dogs together.
Kathy has owned a gift and antique store on Sunset Boulevard sold products on QVC and designed a fashion line for Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue, among others. She also pursued her passion for party organizing by working in catering and party planning at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Kathy and Rick live in Bel Air, where they are well-known for their volunteer work with a variety of charities.
Kathy Hilton Is a Well-Known Television Personality
Kathy Hilton’s Net Worth
Kathy Hilton has a net worth of $350 million as an actress, fashion designer, and philanthropist in the United States. That is her joint net worth with her husband, Rick Hilton, to who she has been married since 1979. Rick and Kathy Hilton are most famous for being the parents of Paris and Nicky Hilton.
Early Life
Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino was born on March 13, 1959, in New York City, to Kathleen Mary and Laurance K. Avanzino. Kathy’s paternal grandpa is Italian, and she also has Irish and Scottish roots. Hilton’s parents split, and she married Kenneth E. Richards, a man with three adult children from a previous marriage.
Kathy’s half-sisters, actresses Kim and Kyle Richards, were born to her mother after that. From her father’s remarriage, Hilton has five paternal half-siblings. Kathy went to a private high school in Los Angeles and became best friends with Michael Jackson, with whom she remained close until his death in 2009.
Career
Kathy’s profession began when she was a child, long before she met her future husband, Richard Hilton of Hilton Hotels. She began her career as an actor when she was nine years old, performing in shows such as “Bewitched,” “The Rockford Files,” “Nanny and the Professor,” “Happy Days,” and “Family Affair,” and others.
“The Dark” and “On the Air Live with Captain Midnight” were two other films in which she appeared. She met Richard Hilton when she was 15, about the same time she “retired” from acting. In 1979, they married after 5 years of dating. Hilton had her own novelty gift and an antique business named The Staircase on Sunset Plaza in Los Angeles in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Kathy has dabbled in a comeback to her show industry beginnings since marrying into the Hilton family. She began working as a broadcaster on the home shopping network QVC in 2002, and three years later, she hosted the NBC reality show I Want to Be a Hilton. She began selling skincare items on rival home-shopping network HSN two years later. She had a cameo appearance as herself on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in 2008.
She made an appearance on The World According to Paris in 2011. Kim and Kyle Richards, Hilton’s half-sisters, are both cast members on Bravo’s hit reality show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Kathy stated in 2012 that she is unable to see her sisters on the show because they force her to fall apart and cry.
She has developed the Kathy Hilton Collection of party dresses since 2012, which is offered in over 400 retailers across the world, including Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Nordstrom.
Private Life
She and her husband, Richard Hilton, have four grown children: daughters Paris and Nicky, and sons Barron and Conrad, who live in Bel Air. Through their daughter, Nicky and her husband James Rothschild, the Hiltons have two granddaughters. Her son Barron and his wife Tessa have given her a grandchild. The pair lives in Los Angeles’ Bel-Air neighborhood.
Hilton is well-known for her charitable endeavors. She asked celebrities to sell their items and donate the revenues to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2007 to generate money for the organization. She earned an award from the Starlight Children’s Foundation’s “A Stellar Night” gala in Los Angeles in 2011 with her two daughters.
Personal Property
Rick and Kathy Hilton spent $3.385 million on a seven-bedroom, three-acre Hamptons estate in 1999. They have traditionally rented this property for $300,000 to $400,000 throughout the summer seasons.
They paid $9.2 million for a big Bel-Air mansion in 2004.
They paid $2.5 million for a suite in the Pierre Hotel in New York City in 2014.
Ventures Into Business
Hilton Owned the Staircase on Sunset Plaza in Los Angeles in The 1980s and Early 1990s, Where She Sold Gifts and Antiques.
She Made Her Qvc Home Shopping Network Debut in 2002 with Item Sales.
She Started Selling a Trademark Skincare Brand on Hsn in 2007.
in 2008, Hilton Released the Perfume “my Secret.”
She Has Developed the Kathy Hilton Collection of Party Dresses Since 2012, Which Is Offered in Over 400 Retailers Across the World, Including Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Nordstrom.
Hilton and Her Children Paris and Nicky Modeled the New Valentino 2021 vacation collection for Vogue in a photo series in December 2020.